Printing galley



June 14, 1932. G BNLEY 4 1,862,998

PRINTING GALLEY Filed Nov. 7, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l June 14, 1932. BAILEY 1,862,998

PRINTING GALLEY Filed Nov. 7, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 14, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE GUY I). BAILEY, OF NARBERTH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTHALER IJINO- TYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK l PRINTING GALLEY Application filed November 7, 1930. Serial No. 494,163.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in printing galleys, and more particularly to printing galleys adapted to column work, such as telephone directories.

One object of this invention is to provide a printing galley permitting the use of relati'vely shallow type slugs whereby the weight of the set-up galley is greatly reduced.

Another object of this invention is to provide a printing galley adapted to be locked up without the use of the ordinary and cumbersome chase.

Another object of this invention is to provide a printing galley wherein the change or substitution of type slugs may be done with a relatively high degree of speed and efficiency.

Another object of this invention is to provide a printing galley embodying means for permanently joining two or more galleys together for simultaneous printing.

Another object of this invention is to provide a printing galley adapted to greatly increase the speed and eficiency of printing.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a printing galley of great economic value to the printing trade.

The invention further resides in certain structural details hereinafter set forth.

Heretofore the printing trade has universally employed, type slugs .918 inches in height, this height being required under the prior systems to prevent the type from buckling or raising in the center of the printing galley on application of the pressure required to hold the type slugs in position for printing.

By this invention, the use of type slugs of a height as small as .25 inches is made entirely practical, this decrease in height greatly reducing the weight of lead required for a given set-up, as well as the weight of the set-up itself. a V

- My invention also eliminates the necessity for the cumbersome and heavy lock-up chase heretofore employed for the purpose of exerting the relatively high pressures required to maintain the heavy type slugs securely within the galley, and thereby effects a still further reduction in the weight of the set-up.

My invention, therefore, is of great economic value to the printing trade, not only because the reduction in Weight of lead required results in approximately the same percentage reduction in the cost of the set-up galley, but also, this galley is light enough in weight to permit manipulation by female labor which effects a still further economy, due to the relative cheapness of this form of labor.

My invention involves still other advantages as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings: a

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a printing galley constituting the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective showing the izonstruction of the side members of the gal- Fig. 3 is a view in elevation showing the construction ofthe type slugs; 1

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective showing the method of joining a plurality of single gal leys in a multiple unit form;

Fig. 5 is a section view along line 55, Fig. 4; V v Fig. 6 is a view in perspective showing a device adapted for removing an entire column of type slugs from a galley; and

Fig. 7 is a view in perspective showing a modification of the lockup means adapted for use in the multiple unit form.

Referring to the drawings, a galley made in accordance with my invention comprises a base 1 of metal or other suitable material having side bars 2 securely mounted thereon as shown in Fig. 1. In each of the side bars 2 adjacent one end of the base is a slot 3, as shown in Fig. 2, these slots 3 being adapted to maintain the lock-up mechanism which is described hereinafter. bar 4 mounted at the other end of the base 1 functions to retain the type slugs on the hase in a manner that willappear hereinafter. A plurality of guide rails 5 are securely mounted upon the base 1 in a predetermined positions, parallel to the side bars 2. The guide rails 5 in the present instance are provided with laterally extending flanges 6, the guide rails 5 adjacent the side bars 2 having one of these lateral flanges inwardly projecting, and the intermediate guide rails each in multiple.

being provided with two of said flanges projecting in opposite directions. The outer edges of the flanges 6 are preferably rounded and are adapted to fit within notches 7 in the ends of the type slugs 8. The guide rails 5 and the type slugs 8 are so relatively dimensioned as to permit thebottom of the type slug to rest on the base 1 when the flanges 6 of the rails 5 are entered in the notches 7 of the slugs. In this manner the said slugs 8 may be slidably mounted in columns between the adjacent pairs of guide rails 5.

The type slugs preferably are .25inches in height and of the usual thickness. The length of the type slugs 8 may vary as required, and it will be apparent that the space intermediate any two of the guide rails 5 must substantially be equal to the length of the type slug then being employed.

The lock-up mechanism comprises a metal bar 9 removably mounted in the slots 3 at the forward end of the bars 2, as shown in Fig. 1. A plurality of links 10 are individually pivoted at one end to the inner face of the bar 9, each pivot point in the present instance being on the longitudinal center line of a column of the type. The other end of each link 10 is pivotally secured at 11 to one or other of two bars 12 adjacent ends of which are operatively engaged by a key or quoin 13, the purpose of which will be set forth hereinafter. A plurality of links 14: are likewise pivotally secured at one end, 15 to the bars 12, while the other ends of the said links 1 1 are pivotally attached at points 16 to the front faces of bars 17, which respectively occupy positions between the guide rails 5 and are adapted to engage one end of a column of type slugs assembled in the guides as previously described.

Bars or strips 18, of metal or other suitable material, shown in Fig. 4, are adapted for securely oining a plurality of single galleys The strips 18 are adapted to take the place of the side bars 2 on the single galleys and correspond in length to the length of the sides of the multiple form consisting of a plurality of the single galleys placed in abutting relation. In joining a plurality of galleys, the ends of the single galleys containing the lock-up mechanism are placed adjacent each other in pairs as shown in Fig. a.

The lock-up means employed in the multiple unit form is shown in Fig. 7, the essential difference from the means used in the single galley beingthe substitution of a plurality of short bars 22 for the continuous bar 9. The shortparallel bars 17 and 22 in the multiple unit lock-up are adapted to occupy positions between the guide rails 5 of each unit and to respectively engage the adjacent ends of the aligned columns of type slugs. By turning the quoin inserted intermediate the toggles 12, pressure is exerted on the slugs holding the latter firmly in position for printing.

A channel rack 19 having a curved portion 20, and guide rails 21 thereon, similar to the guide rails 5 on the galley, is adapted to facilitate the removal of any given column of type slugs when a multiple unit is being employed, this channel 19 permitting the removal of the type slugs without disassembling the multiple unit galley.

The operation of the printing form is as follows: lVith the lock-up mechanism removed from the galley, the type slugs 8 are slid into the columns formed by the side bars 2 and the guide rails 5, the said type slugs being placed in the galley either as an entire column or as individual slugs. Vhen the type slugs 8 have been assembled in the columns, the lock-up mechanism is placed in the slots 3 in the side bars 2 as shown in Fig. 1. This is accomplished by obliquely placing the lock-up on the base and then turning the said lock-up normal to the guide rails 5 and the side bars 2, thereby inserting the ends of the lock-up in the slots. The quoin 18 is then turned to engage the connecting rods 12, thereby causing the toggle linkages 10 and 14- to expand and, affording a relative spread of the bars 9 and 17. The front bar being stopped by contact with the forward ends of the slots 3 in the side bars 2 causes the inner bars 17 to exert pressure on the respective type columns whereby the slugs 8 are firmly held in position for printing.

With the construction described above, in dividual slugs may be readily inserted or removed, regardless of the position in the column. This is accomplished by releasing the pressure exerted by the lock-up means and moving forward the front portion of the column of type slugs normally adjacent the slug to be removed or adjacent the position into which it is desired to insert a new slug. The front portion of the column of type need only be moved forward a distance suflicient to permit the operator to turn the slug obliquely with respect to the guide rails and out of interlocking engagement therewith; or in the insertion of a type slug placing the slug obliquely in the base and turning it into interlocking engagement with the guide rails. During the operation of removing or inserting the slug the other slugs making up the column are supported securely in the upright positions by the rails.

In the removing of an entire column of type the channel rack 19 is placed so that the guide rails thereof. and any two guide rails on the galley are in alignment and end abutting relation. The column of type slugs or any portion thereof is then moved as a whole from the galley into the channel rack, the rails thereof being in interlocking engagement with the extremities of the type slugs.

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In the prior practice this operation was impractical due to the excessive weight of the slugs. In the present instance, however, the very light weight of a column of slugs makes this operation very practical.

As previously described, the guide rails secured to the base for supporting the type slugs in an upright position upon the base permits the use of type slugs of relatively small stature, thus substantially decreasing the weight, cost, and increasing the efficiency of the printing galley.

I claim:

1. A printing galley comprising a base, side and end bars secured thereto, the said side bars having longitudinal slots adjacent the forward ends, a plurality of spaced parallel guide rails on the base and adapted for interlocking engagement with the extremities of type slugs inserted therebetween, and lock-up means removably mounted in the slots in the side bars and adapted to afford pressure against the columns of type slugs thereby maintaining the said slugs in a predetermined position.

2. A printing galley comprising a base, side and end bars, secured thereto, the said side bars having longitudinal slots therein adjacent the forward ends, a plurality of spaced parallel guide rails secured to the said base and adapted for interlocking engagement with the extremities of type slugs inserted therebetween, and lock-up means re movably mounted in the slots in the said side bars, the said lock-up means comprising parallel pressure members, a plurality of linkages pivotally mounted on the pressure members the said linkages being operated in such a manner to afford a relative spread of the said pressure members, the said pressure members being adapted to abut against the columns of type slugs intermediate the guide rails and thereby maintainthe said slugs in a predetermined position.

3. A printing form in the form of a multiple unit comprising a plurality of individual printing galleys, and means for securely joining said individual galleys consisting of strips in the form of bar members, each member being arranged to pass continuously along one edge of a plurality of individual galleys and be secured to the said edge of each galley.

4. A printing galley comprising a base, side and end bars secured thereto the said side bars having slots in the forward ends thereof, a plurality of spaced parallel guide rails secured to the base and having longitudinal transversely extending flanges adapted to enter correspondingly formed recesses in the ends of type slugs, whereby said slugs are supported in upright position, and slidably mounted upon the said base, and releasable means removably mounted in the slots in the said side bars for preventing longitudinal movement of a column of said type slugs.

5. A printing galley comprising a base, side and end bars secured thereto the said side bars having slots in the forward ends thereof, a plurality of spaced parallel guide rails secured to the base and having longitudinal transversely extending flanges adapted to enter correspondingly formed recesses in the ends of type slugs, whereby said slugs are supported in upright position and slidably mounted upon the said base, and lock up means removably mounted in the slots in the side bars, the said lock-up means comprising parallel pressure members, a plurality of linkages pivotally attached to the pressure members, the linkages operably affording a relative spread of the pressure members, the pressure members being adapted to abut against the columns of type slugs intermediate the guide rails and thereby prevent longitudinal movement of a column of type slugs.

6. A printing form, comprising a base, and a plurality of spaced parallel guide rails secured thereon forming open ended juxtapositioned galleys arranged for interlocking engagement with the extremities of type slugs of relatively small size inserted therebetween.

7 A printing galley comprising a base and a plurality of spaced parallel guide rails secured thereon forming open ended juxtapositioned columns, the said guide rails having longitudinal transversely extending flanges arranged to enter correspondingly formed recesses in the ends of type slugs whereby said slugs are supported in upright position and slidably retained upon the said base.

8. A printing galley comprising a base, a plurality of spaced parallel guide rails secured thereon, forming open ended juxtapositioned troughs and arranged for reception therebetween of a plurality of type slugs forming a column, and cooperating means between said guide rails and slugs for sup- 

